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1200 County-City Building, 227 West Jefferson, South Bend, Indiana 46601-1830 Phone 574/235-9371 Fax 574/235-9021
To: South Bend Redevelopment Commission
From: Matthew Sikora, Economic Development Planner ~'
Subject: Request Permission to Advertise
Ignition Park Disposition Parcels
Date: January 14, 2011
Attached is the Notice of Intended Disposition of Property for the disposition of the Ignition
Park Disposition Parcels located in the SE Quadrant Prairie Avenue /Sample Street in the
Airport Economic Development Area. The advertisements will be printed in both the South
Bend Tribune and the Tri-County News on January 21th and January 28th. Staff asks for
the approval of the request to advertise for the disposition of this parcel on the two
aforementioned dates.
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Notice of Intended Disposition of Property
AIRPORT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AREA
Ignition Park Development Parcels
SE Quadrant Prairie Avenue /Sample Street
South Bend, Indiana
Notice is hereby given that the Redevelopment Commission of the City of South Bend, Indiana, will receive sealed
offers for the purchase of certain property situated in the Airport Economic Development Area until 3:00 p.m. (EST)
on the 8th day of February 2011 in the Office of the Department of Redevelopment, 1200 County-City Building,
227 West Jefferson Boulevard, South Bend, Indiana, 46601. All offers will be publicly opened and read aloud at
4:00 p.m. (EST) on the 8th day of February 2011 at the Regular Meeting of the Redevelopment Commission to be
held that date and time in Room 1308 County-City Building, 227 West Jefferson Boulevard, South Bend, IN 46601.
Bid proposals for the purchase of the property offered will be considered.
The property being offered is located in the Ignition Park Development Site, in the SE Quadrant of Prairie Avenue
and Sample Street, within the Airport Economic Development Area, South Bend, Indiana. The required use for the
parcels is industrial, educational, commercial-office or mixed use projects that are permitted within the Ignition Park
PUD Zoning Ordinance. Strong emphasis will be placed during the review process on compatibility with the goals
and objectives of the Ignition Park PUD Zoning Ordinance and the plan for the Airport Economic Development
Area.
A packet containing bid forms, the offering sheet and other pertinent information may be picked up at the
Department of Community and Economic Development, 1200 County-City Building, 227 West Jefferson Boulevard,
South Bend, IN 46601. A bid packet may also be accessed online at:
www.southbendin.gov/business/city_bids/redevelopment_commission_bids.asp
The Commission reserves the right to reject any and all bids, and to make the award to the highest and best
bidder. In determining the best bid, the Commission will take into consideration the following:
1. The size and character of the improvements proposed to be made by each bidder on the property
2. Each bidder's ability to improve the property with reasonable promptness
3. Each bidder's proposed purchase price
4. Any factors which will assure the Commission that the sale, if made, will further the carrying out of the
plan for the Airport Economic Development Area and will best serve the interest of the community from
the standpoint of human and economic welfare
5. The ability of each bidder to finance the proposed improvements to the property with reasonable
promptness
The Commission further reserves the right to waive any formalities in bidding which are not mandatory
requirements.
A bid submitted by a trust (as defined in IC 30-4-1-1(a)) must identify each:
(A) beneficiary of the trust; and
(B) settlor empowered to revoke or modify the trust.
To secure the execution of the disposition agreement, the purchase of the property and the redevelopment thereof
in accordance with the agreement, the bidder must submit with the proposal a faithful performance guaranty, in the
sum of ten percent (10%) of the amount offered for the purchase of the property. The guaranty sum may be in the
form of a certified check, a cashier's check, or surety bond, letter of credit from a bank or trust company as
approved by the Redevelopment Commission, or by other sufficient security, but the form, substance and terms of
the performance guaranty must be approved as satisfactory by the Redevelopment Commission. The
performance guaranty, if by certified check, shall be deposited in any account of the Department of
Redevelopment, City of South Bend, in a bank or trust company selected by the Redevelopment Commission.
CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA
DEPARTMENT OF REDEVELOPMENT
Donald E. Inks, Director
Publish Dates: January 21st and January 28th, 2011